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Science - Ch. 1

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A connective tissue that produces red and white blood cells is called?   bone marrow, the soft center inside a bone  
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Where do bones meet?   at joints  
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At joints, bones are attaced to each other and?   muscles  
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A type of joint that moves in a circular motion.   A ball and socket, like the hip joint (joystick)  
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Tough bands that attach MUSCLES TO BONES   tendons  
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Bands of connective tissue that attach BONES TO BONES   ligaments  
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Specialized cells that can receive and transmit signals   neurons  
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Nerve cells that detect conditions in the body's environment   receptors  
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Plants and animals grow bigger when   they reproduce  
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A human body contains how many miles of blood vessels?   About 70,000 miles  
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What is the basic unit of structure and function of all living things?   the cell  
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What do cells do?   they work together to form basic life processes that keep an organism alive  
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Every cell is enclosed by a thin covering called the?   cell membrane - which holds the cells together  
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What determines the cells activities?   the nucleus  
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What is between the cell membrane and the nucleus?   the cytoplasm - a jelly like substance containing chemicals to keep the cell functioning  
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What is the process of diffussion?   a particle of a substance moves from an area where there are a lot of the substance to an area where there are fewer particles of the substance  
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Where does diffusion of materials into and out of cells take place?   through the cell membrane  
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What is osmosis?   the movement of water and dissolved material through cell membranes  
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Cells work together to perform a specific function, which is?   to form a tissue  
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What are the 4 kinds of tissue?   muscles, nervous, connective, and epithethial  
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What are tissues that work together called?   organs  
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Organs that work together to perform a function form a?   system  
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